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Year 2 Windy Nook Walkabout
Article 28: You have the right to a good education. As part of our geography topic this half-term, 'Our Local Area' , we went on a walkabout around Windy Nook. We left school and walked through the nature park where we saw some lovely trees, grassy areas and a green...
Online Safety Awareness in Years 5 and 6
Today we had a visit from PC Graham of Northumbria Police. He visited to discuss current online safety issues and how we can protect ourselves when online. He stressed the importance of ensuring that when we add someone as a friend online, we also know them in real...
Tulips homework for 2.5.19
This week's homework is as follows: Maths Year 4 CGP p15 - Roman Numerals English - separate sheet looking at the poems 'Talking Turkeys' and 'Nature Trial' by Benjamin Zephaniah. Homework due in for Thursday 2nd May. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality...
Roman Numerals in Tulips
In maths this week, Tulips have been learning Roman numerals beyond 1000. Using addition and subtracting the values correctly, the children have been mastering this technique through various calculations and problem solving activities. The photos show the class...
Crank It Up!
This morning, Year 5 took part in an outreach session hosted by Beamish Museum to launch their Crank It Up project. Over the coming weeks, Year 5 will work in 2 teams to build a working crane using K'Nex. We will then compete against other schools in a competition to...
Oaks AM Class Homework 25.4.19
Here is this week's homework; Y5 English p. 68- Prefixes Maths p.20-Estimating and checking Y6 English-p. 72- Prefixes Maths-p.15- Rounding and checking Comprehension-p.6 Baby Birds- Non Fiction The spellings words all have the prefix -dis, -semi or mis. As usual,...
Wanted School Crossing Patrol!
A vacancy exists for a School Crossing Patrol outside Windy Nook Primary School. The hours of duty to be worked each week (term-time only) are: 8.25 am to 9.05 am and 3.00 pm to 3.35 pm Monday to Friday. You will receive full-training and uniform. Punctuality, good...
Da Vinvi Research in Robins
This week, children in Robins have been learning about Leonardo Da Vinci as it is almost 500 years since his death. They have enjoyed learning some very interesting facts about him and can't wait to write their non-chronological reports later this week. Did you know...
We’re on the money in Robins!
This week, children in Robins have been learning about money! We've looked at the value of coins and notes and are ready to add different totals and solve some tricky problems. Article 13: You have the right to find out things and share what you think with others, by...
WW1 Alliances in Oaks
Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to school to the highest level you can. Today in Oaks we started our new topic on WW1. This will primarily be a local history topic but to start with we learned all about the...
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